The Mexican Government spends millions trying to stop the spread of mosquito-borne viruses like dengue, chikungunya and - more recently - zika. Could the solution be as simple as a kind of mosquito ‘hatchery' made of old tyres to create an inviting breeding ground from which eggs and larvae can be destroyed? FOREST RAY reports.
… to have picked a winner. By providing aedes mosquitoes with ideal egg-laying grounds in …
Promotion of GM mosquitoes as a way to tackle a tropical disease is simply part of a PR strategy intended to pave the way to a new global business selling GM agricultural pests, says Helen Wallace
… Are we being told the full truth about GM mosquitoes? Helen Wallace | 13th September … Farming Biotech gm_large.jpg Promotion of GM mosquitoes as a way to tackle a tropical … 3 million genetically modified (GM) male mosquitoes in the Cayman Islands. Shock and …
A genetically modified mosquito is being hailed as the route to tackling malaria, a disease which kills more than one million people every year.
… malaria 20th March 2007 News Gm Mosquito Mosquitoes Malaria Genetic Modification … via a bite. The researchers released 1,200 GM mosquitoes into a cage containing mice … The cage also contained normal, non GM mosquitoes. At the end of the experiment, the …
In Brazil's microcephaly epidemic, one vital question remains unanswered: how did the Zika virus suddenly learn how to disrupt the development of human embryos? The answer may lie in a sequence of 'jumping DNA' used to engineer the virus's mosquito vector - and released into the wild four years ago in the precise area of Brazil where the microcephaly crisis is most acute.
… in unborn human babies? Oxitec's GM mosquitoes An excellent article by Claire … by Sustained Release of Transgenic Male Mosquitoes' by Danilo O. Carvalho et al. An … what's to worry about? The idea of the Oxitec mosquitoes is simple enough: the males produce …
With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: Pyriproxyfen, a pesticide used in Brazil since 2014 to arrest the development of mosquito larvae in drinking water tanks. Might the 'cure' in fact be the poison?
… larvicide that produces malformations in mosquitoes was introduced into the drinking … thus generating malformations in developing mosquitoes and killing or disabling them. It … strategy of chemical control of Zika-carrying mosquitoes, which it says is contaminating the …
Why use expensive, damaging pesticides to kill insects? The humble bat will happily eat 1,200 an hour for free
… | 1st July 2003 News Pesticides Bats Mosquitoes Insects Farming Farming Natural … eat 1,200 an hour for free Bat farms to fight mosquitoes The West Bengal government is looking to bats to check the menace of mosquitoes in Calcutta. After consulting …
Investment analysts say Oxitec's GM mosquito technology 'won't work, is way too expensive, and is many years from generating even minuscule revenue', writes Claire Robinson. As shares in its owner, Intrexon, slump, three law firms have announced they are investigating.
… hype around the company's ability to use GM mosquitoes to combat the Zika virus. Zika is … Spotlight says that if Oxitec's GM mosquitoes, which are engineered to be … is some evidence to suggest that Oxitec's GM mosquitoes actually make things worse rather …
The Aedes mosquitos that carry the Zika virus and dengue fever are not just perfectly adapted to life in cities, writes Nadia Pontes. They are also being helped along by warming climates which increase their range. It's time to get serious about the health implications of a hotter planet.
… against Zika is to avoid getting bitten by mosquitoes. But as global temperatures rise … change create ideal breeding conditions for mosquitoes, Armstrong adds: "As regions that … register higher temperatures and more rain, mosquitoes expand their breeding areas, which …
As greenhouse gases raise temperatures in Europe, writes Tim Radford, British researchers warn that the risk is increasing of the arrival of dengue fever and other mosquito-borne killer tropical diseases.
Europe’s warming brings risk of dengue fever Tim Radford | 31st August 2014 News Health Europe Climate Change aedes_aegypti_biting_human-cut.jpg As greenhouse gases raise temperatures in Europe, …
The economic and climate-related impacts of forest destruction are well known, but continued logging could unleash devastating new pandemics and spread fatal diseases into the human population, scientists tell the Ecologist
… temperature, increasing the rate at which mosquitoes develop into adults, frequency of … and the development of the parasite within mosquitoes,' he says. These increased surface … it is passed from monkey to monkey by mosquitoes in the high canopy. Logging can …
'The preservation of the Amazon isn't just about protecting nature - it's about safeguarding our own health.'
… of animals, including monkeys, bats, and mosquitoes, can serve as carriers or vectors … consequently creating breeding grounds for mosquitoes. “For instance, as temperatures rise, mosquitoes become more active and reproduce at …
Those who dare suggest that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being furiously attacked as irrational, nonsense-spouting 'conspiracy theorists', writes Claire Robinson. But the attackers have an uncanny ability to get their own facts in a twist. And among them are writers linked to industries with huge economic interests in the matter.
… with the development of disease-carrying mosquitoes, thus killing or disabling them. … connecting Zika virus to Monsanto could give mosquitoes a boost" . Ironically, that …
Insects can be a double-edged sword when it comes to gardening. Andy Hamilton reveals the secrets of harmless, low-impact repulsion.
… than a million deaths annually attributed to mosquitoes, they can be more than just an … you’re abroad. Untidy gardening can attract mosquitoes; if I’m not careful my back yard … plant-based compounds used for repelling mosquitoes is citronellal, which can be found …
Sharon Garfinkel quizzes the TV naturalist on his diet, political views, and being fodder for mosquitos........
My Green Life: An interview with Chris Packham Sharon Garfinkel | 23rd May 2013 Comment Natural World chrispackham_2020vision.jpg Chris Packham. Photo courtesy 2020VISION www.2020v.org Sharon …
Living in the rainforest, tracking orangutans, protecting the swamp forest and fighting off swarms of mosquitos in 30 degree heat. For Matt Williams it was a childhood dream come true ...
… by mid-morning and surrounded by swarms of mosquitoes, it's challenging work. Tracking …
Scientists across the globe are working to resurrect all kinds of extinct animals, from the Siberian permafrost to balmy California. Here you can read an edited extract of The Re-Origin of Species by TORILL KORNFELDT
… scientists can’t find any dinosaur DNA in mosquitoes. Scientific adviser Given the DNA …
Across, the pond, the news that one of the US's most iconic birds might be helping to spread the West Nile virus is about as welcome as suggesting Jesus was a communist
… virus, which is then transmitted to humans by mosquitoes in search of fresh blood. In most … are not important. If this study analyses mosquitoes where there are lots of robins but … of the disease might not even be due to mosquitoes at all. But then, perhaps this …
Our love affair with shrimp has fuelled the destruction of the 'rainforests of the sea' - mangroves - whose biodiversity and carbon-storing capacities are much undervalued. The author of 'Let Them Eat Shrimp', Kennedy Warne, talks through his alarming findings
… of potters.) They also tend to harbor mosquitoes, and very few people (apart from entomologists) like mosquitoes. So there are a couple of reasons …
Somebody somewhere has to have a cunning plan to fix our environmental problems and save the world – right? Jim Thomas sorts through the big tech ideas you’ll be reading about this year
What technologies for solving environmental problems will we see in 2009? Jim Thomas | 23rd April 2009 Comment Science Technology Fix Problems Science And Technology Big_Fix_MAIN.jpg Somebody …
The world's demand for protein will continue to rise, even as the environmental impacts of meat production become clearer. Could turning to commonly eaten insect species be the answer?
… ants, bees, butterflies, grubs, gnats, flies, mosquitoes, wasps and beetles, as well as … of eating fleas, butterflies, dragonflies, mosquitoes, flies and lice, though these don’t …
Sea–level rises, changes to the severity of monsoon seasons and rainfall, flooding, droughts and heatwaves are all having an increasing impact on human health, writes Geordon Shannon.
… with disease-spreading insects, especially mosquitoes . The World Health Organisation has …
Described as a ‘mosquito inside a tent’,
Rainforest Action Network are forcing corporate
America to change its destructive practices.
Nicola Graydon meets this inspiring group of activists
Rainforest Action Network Nicola Graydon | 1st February 2006 News Corporate Responsibility Global Warming Climate Change Campaigns US Campaigns Deforestation Climate Change Food And Farming Politics …